Bekbulat Magomedov vs. Donavon Frelow, who replaces Timur Valiev, set for WSOF 35 title fight

WSOF today announced a change to one of its three WSOF 35 title fights as Donovan Frelow will fight Bekbulat Magomedov for the vacant bantamweight championship, replacing an injured Timur Valiev.

WSOF 35 takes place March 18 at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, and can be seen live on NBC Sports Network at 11 p.m. ET, with prelims streaming before on MMAjunkie at 8 p.m.

Frelow (6-1), who will be fighting just one month removed from his last bout, is coming off a split-decision win over Zeke Enrique at Gladiator Challenge: Battle Cage after 16 months away from action. Frelow’s last WSOF contest came in October 2015 at WSOF 24, a unanimous decision loss to Magomed Bibulatov in for the inaugural flyweight championship.

Magomedov (17-1), meanwhile, is coming off a unanimous decision win over Jesse Brock at WSOF 33.

The finalized WSOF 35 card includes:

MAIN CARD (NBCSN, 11 p.m. ET)

• Champ Blagoy Ivanov vs. Shawn Jordan – for heavyweight title
• Champ Lance Palmer vs. Andre Harrison – for featherweight title
• Bekbulat Magomedov vs. Donovan Frelow – for vacant bantamweight title
• Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs. Matt Secor

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 8 p.m. ET)

• Hakeem Dawodu vs. Steven Siler
• Andrews Nakahara vs. Emmanuel Walo
• Bill Jones vs. Tom Marcellino
• Islam Mamedov vs. Natan Schulte
• Phil Hawes vs. Eli Wynter
• Alexandre Almeida vs. Steven Rodriguez
• Rodrigo Almeida vs. Bruce Boyington
• Fabian Miranda vs. Robert Spinelli

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